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[rg]

Didn't mean to come across as testy.  Sorry if I did. Focusing on my 
confusion made me not focus on the tenor of what I was writing. Sorry 
again.  But at the same time, thanks for the answer.  That old RedHat TM 
usage guide guidelines got me so paranoid, but your point about it being 
a different ball of wax (can of beans, gaggle of geese) makes me see 
that I was missing the point of that doc a tad.

rg

 (Michael Schwendt wrote:

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>On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 11:31:48 +0900, rg2 wrote:
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>>OK, you missed some of my points, especially the Linux bit (what happens 
>>in the future if there is a Linux and BSD version?), but...
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>Don't expect me to quote everything you've written. I only quote and
>reply to what I find relevant. Most of the questions you've raised
>could be answered with "just wait and see".
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>>Anyway, to the meat of the matter: is it correct-legal-acceptable in 
>>printed materials (books, magazines, online articles etc) then, to refer 
>>to what the user has or is putting on his or her machine, the Fedora 
>>Project distro, as just Fedora. 
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>With regard to Fedora trademark issues, the FAQ mentions that Fedora
>Project trademark rules will be provided before the first release.
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>>For example,  "Once you have installed 
>>Fedora, you can....," "Fedora allows you to.....," "If you are new to 
>>Fedora, you will find..." and so on.
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>It is a matter of taste whether you call a product by its full name. I
>would prefer the full name wherever it is necessary to avoid
>ambiguities. With The Fedora Project, often the short-form "Fedora"
>will be enough when referring to the project's products as a whole.
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>>Red Hat seemed fussy on this point 
>>in the past, insisting, as I recall, that Red Hat be referred to as Red 
>>Hat Linux Operating System or, at least, Red Hat Linux, rather than Red 
>>Hat.  
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>That is a completely different thing. "Red Hat" is the name of the
>company. "Red Hat Linux" is the name of one of its products. You would
>never refer to installing "Microsoft" either.
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